diff --git a/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS b/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
index b53bf22e41777ef9f6d6b7c4efe58df48c9358f1..7fbed193663858ae17474a4ddd1a18107bcfdabb 100644
--- a/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
+++ b/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dcb70c8f38f067f1035cbfdc7897a8245bacaef547afa48652e56e39e4641f7bb1ea6bc2bf3e46f8454cdbe3743eab318eca9fb6a02921d5f5fa792748a14cd1  opendht-1.7.2.tar.gz
+8a401b250b2baf1a7d218d04c0d375d0482ef69a94d47d898b70522c4f8b8da67c71a655092ab59e545af68f878a88dc7d7916a3f8338aba05c21547203ed239  opendht-1.7.3rc1.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
index 69e9b8b0a89c2e63a4d3d8941ab4d6a13b9fa61f..f7fee552aba7009a6381d6d1535ebd86bf2bcc1d 100644
--- a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # OPENDHT
-OPENDHT_VERSION := 1.7.2
+OPENDHT_VERSION := 1.7.3rc1
 OPENDHT_URL := https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/opendht/archive/$(OPENDHT_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 PKGS += opendht